Queen Latifah Quotes
I was not born a size 2. I'm not skinny, period. I'm not willing to sleep with the director or step on somebody else's neck to get the job.
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No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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I am flirtatious by nature, but I have never hurt anyone.
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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Why do you think so many actors are only half-developed people? It's very easy when you're a young actor to have these intense, explosive friendships for short periods of time, because you can control what's shown of you. Then you go on to your next job and reinvent yourself again. I think it's important to find something constant.
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Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not going to last forever. You know there is another generation who are the heroes of their own stories, and that is humbling.
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I get bored easily.
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The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.
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A lot of what acting is paying attention.
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If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. And if you do have to say it, make it really funny so I can screenshot it and save it for later.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big.
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You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.
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The paradigm of physics - with its interplay of data, theory and prediction - is the most powerful in science.
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I'm just looking for good work. I just really love acting, and I'd like to jump on something that's really exciting for me.
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Job endured everything - until his friends came to comfort him, then he grew impatient.
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...but the air's flat and stale and the people half-hearted. There's nothing to do there. You can make love without trouble or meaning, or get mildly drunk, or extract second-hand emotions from the cinema, or put your mind to sleep on a dance-floor, or play bridge, or throw yourself in front of a train on the Underground. There are forty ways of escaping from consciousness. But I want something more exciting than that.
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I was not born a size 2. I'm not skinny, period. I'm not willing to sleep with the director or step on somebody else's neck to get the job.
